The 2015–16 season was the 133rd season in Bristol Rovers' history and their 88th in the
Football League
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. Rovers returned to the Football League after an absence of just one season following their promotion from the
Conference Premier
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via the
play-offs
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.
For the second successive season, Rovers were promoted, the first time the club had achieved back to back promotions in its history. On a dramatic final day of the season in which Rovers required a win and other results to go in their favour, a 92nd-minute winner against
Dagenham & Redbridge
Dagenham & Redbridge Football Club is a professional association football club based in Dagenham, Greater London, England. The team competes in the National League, the fifth tier of the English football league system. Often known simply as Dag ...
from
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sparked wild celebrations at the
Memorial Stadium as the club returned to the
third tier of English football for the first time in five years. Striker
Matty Taylor ended the season as the top goalscorer in the top four divisions of the
English football league system
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with 27 goals.
Season events
Pre-season
June
* – Popular
midfielder
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Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...
Stuart Sinclair
Stuart Robert Sinclair (born 19 November 1987) is an English former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.
Career Bristol Rovers
Sinclair joined newly relegated Conference Premier club Bristol Rovers in the summer of 2014. During t ...
signed a new contract with Rovers.
* – Former
Woking
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defender James Clarke joined Rovers on a one-year deal.
* –
Full back Daniel Leadbitter
Daniel William Leadbitter (born 7 October 1990) is an English professional footballer who plays for National League North club Gloucester City. He is primarily a right-back and he is also capable of operating all across the defence. Leadbitter ...
signed a contract extension with Rovers, while
wingers Andy Monkhouse
Andrew William Monkhouse (born 23 October 1980) is an English former professional footballer who played as a winger.
He has previously played for Rotherham United, Swindon Town, Hartlepool United, Bristol Rovers, Grimsby Town, Alfreton Town an ...
and
Abdulai Bell-Baggie
Abdulai Hindolo Bell-Baggie (born 28 April 1992) is a Sierra Leonean Association football, footballer who plays as a winger for club Gosport Borough.
Born in Sierra Leone, Bell-Baggie represented both the England national under-16 footbal ...
left the club.
* –
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international
Jake Gosling
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agreed a contract extension with Rovers. Academy players
Ryan Broom
Ryan James Broom (born 4 September 1996) is a Welsh professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Fleetwood Town.
Playing career
Bristol Rovers
Broom graduated from Bristol Rovers' youth set-up in 2015 and made his professional footbal ...
,
Tyler Lyttle, Jay Malpas and Kieran Preston signed professional contracts.
* –
Ángelo Balanta
Ángelo Jasiel Balanta (born 1 July 1990) is a Colombian professional footballer who plays as a winger or a striker for National League club Dagenham & Redbridge.
Club career
Born in Cali, Colombia, Balanta moved to England when he was 5 and gr ...
rejected a new short-term deal with Rovers and left the club.
* –
Chris Lines
Christopher John Lines (born 30 November 1985) is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for club Bath City.
Lines turned professional at Bristol Rovers, and made his first team debut in January 2006. He played in the 20 ...
agreed a permanent transfer from
Port Vale
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.
Lines had previously played for Rovers, his boyhood club, between 2002–11 and on loan the previous season.
July
* – Former
West Ham United
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winger Cristian Montaño
Cristian Alexis Montaño Castillo (born 11 December 1991) is a Colombian professional footballer who plays for Scottish Premiership club Livingston. A versatile player, he is able to play at left-back or as a forward, though his preferred pos ...
signed for Rovers.
Goalkeeper
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Will Puddy
Willem John Stanley Puddy (born 4 October 1987) is an English professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper.
Career
Youth career
Born in Warminster, Puddy began his career as a youth player with Bristol City, spending seven years with the ...
agreed a contract extension.
Defender
Neal Trotman
Neal Anthony Trotman (born 11 March 1987) is an English former professional footballer who played as a central defender.
Football career
Oldham Athletic
Born in Levenshulme, Manchester, England, Trotman started his football career at Burnley ...
rejected the opportunity to return to Rovers for pre-season and was therefore released.
* – Youngsters
Jamie Lucas
Jamie Lucas (born 6 December 1995) is a Welsh footballer who plays for Droitwich Spa as a striker.
Born near Pontypridd, South Wales, Lucas spent one season playing for Bristol Rovers Central in the Midland Junior Premier League, before joinin ...
and Danny Greenslade agreed contract extensions.
* – Manager
Darrell Clarke
Darrell James Clarke (born 16 December 1977) is an English professional football manager and former player who played in the English Football League. He is the manager of club Port Vale.
A box-to-box midfielder, Clarke began his career with ...
agreed a new contract with Rovers.
* –
Billy Bodin
Billy Paul Bodin (born 24 March 1992) is a professional association football, footballer who plays for EFL League One, League One club Oxford United F.C., Oxford United. He plays as a forward (association football), forward or as an attacking mi ...
signed a short-term deal with Rovers.
August
* – Winger
Jeffrey Monakana signed on a month-long loan from
Brighton & Hove Albion
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.
* –
Jamie Lucas
Jamie Lucas (born 6 December 1995) is a Welsh footballer who plays for Droitwich Spa as a striker.
Born near Pontypridd, South Wales, Lucas spent one season playing for Bristol Rovers Central in the Midland Junior Premier League, before joinin ...
joins
Boreham Wood
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on a month-long loan.
* – Rovers were eliminated from the
League Cup
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first round
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, losing 2–1 to
Championship
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Championship systems
Various forms of competition can be referred to by the term championship.
Title match system
In this system ...
side
Birmingham City
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.
* –
Chesterfield
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goalkeeper
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Aaron Chapman joined Rovers on a month-long loan.
Rovers midfielder
Ryan Broom
Ryan James Broom (born 4 September 1996) is a Welsh professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Fleetwood Town.
Playing career
Bristol Rovers
Broom graduated from Bristol Rovers' youth set-up in 2015 and made his professional footbal ...
joined
Taunton Town
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on loan for one month.
* – Young midfielder
Dominic Thomas
Dominic William Thomas (born 23 November 1995) is an English professional association football, footballer who plays as a midfielder. He was forced to retire from professional football due to injury after spending 5 years at EFL League One, Le ...
joined
Paulton Rovers
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on a month-long loan.
* – Striker
Nathan Blissett joined
National League
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side
Tranmere Rovers
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on loan for one month.
September
* – Defender
Adam Drury joined Rovers on a non-contract basis.
* –
Adam Drury left Rovers just six days after joining, with the club citing "personal reasons".
* –
Wigan Athletic
Wigan Athletic Football Club () is an English professional association football club based in Wigan, Greater Manchester, England. The team competes in the Championship, the second tier of the English football league system.
Founded in 1932, ...
goalkeeper
Lee Nicholls
Lee Anthony Nicholls (born 5 October 1992) is an English professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for EFL Championship club Huddersfield Town.
Early life
Lee Nicholls was born in Huyton, Merseyside.
Club career Wigan Athletic
Nicholl ...
joined Rovers on a three-month loan deal.
* –
Colin Sexstone joined Rovers as a non-executive director. Sexstone had previously been a director at
Gloucestershire CCC
Gloucestershire County Cricket Club is one of eighteen first-class county clubs within the domestic cricket structure of England and Wales. It represents the historic county of Gloucestershire. Founded in 1870, Gloucestershire have always ...
,
Bristol City
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and
Plymouth Argyle
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.
November
* – Rovers suffered a humiliating defeat in the first round proper of the
FA Cup
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, losing 1–0 at home to
Chesham United
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History
The club was established in 1917 by a merger o ...
of the
Southern League Premier.
* – Rovers are knocked out of their final cup competition, losing 1–0 away to
League One
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side
Southend United
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in the
Football League Trophy
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.
* –
Millwall
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forward
Paris Cowan-Hall
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Having started his career as a youngster at Portsmouth, he went on to play in the Football League for Grimsby Town, ...
joined Rovers on a month-long loan.
Winger
Billy Bodin
Billy Paul Bodin (born 24 March 1992) is a professional association football, footballer who plays for EFL League One, League One club Oxford United F.C., Oxford United. He plays as a forward (association football), forward or as an attacking mi ...
agreed a contract extension to the end of the season.
* – Rovers sign
Cambridge United
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forward
Rory Gaffney
Rory Nicholas Gaffney (born 23 October 1989) is an Irish professional footballer who plays as a striker for League of Ireland Club Shamrock Rovers
Career Limerick
Gaffney started his career at League of Ireland First Division team Mervue Unite ...
on loan until January
while
Nathan Blissett left for
Lincoln City, also on loan with a view to becoming dead.
December
* – Rovers striker
Matty Taylor was named
PFA Fans' Player of the Month for November.
January
* –
Nathan Blissett left Rovers by mutual consent.
* – Experienced midfielder
Liam Lawrence
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Lawrence started his career at his local club Mansfield Town, after impressing at the Field Mill he signed for Sunderland ...
joined Rovers from
League One
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side
Shrewsbury Town
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on a contract to the end of the season.
* –
Rory Gaffney
Rory Nicholas Gaffney (born 23 October 1989) is an Irish professional footballer who plays as a striker for League of Ireland Club Shamrock Rovers
Career Limerick
Gaffney started his career at League of Ireland First Division team Mervue Unite ...
returned to the club from
Cambridge United
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after his successful loan spell, joining on a permanent contract for an undisclosed fee.
* – Defender
Tom Lockyer
Thomas Alun Lockyer (born 3 December 1994) is a Welsh professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for club Luton Town and the Wales national team.
Club career Bristol Rovers
Lockyer was born and raised in Cardiff. He joined Cardiff ...
was awarded
The Football League
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Young Player of the Month for December.
* – Forward
Ellis Harrison
Ellis Wade Harrison (born 29 January 1994) is a Welsh professional footballer who plays as a centre-forward for club Port Vale. He represented Wales at under-21 level, scoring three goals in fourteen games.
Harrison began his career at Bristol ...
joined
Hartlepool United
Hartlepool United Football Club is a professional association football club based in Hartlepool, County Durham, England. The team competes in League Two, the fourth tier of the English football league system.
They were founded in 1908 as Hartle ...
on a monthlong loan.
* – Experienced forward
Rory Fallon
Rory Michael Fallon (born 20 March 1982) is a New Zealand former professional footballer who played predominantly as a forward. He previously played for Barnsley, Shrewsbury Town, Swindon Town, Swansea City, Plymouth Argyle, Ipswich Town, Yeo ...
joined Rovers on non-contract terms.
February
* – Rovers were acquired by the
Jordan
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ian Al-Qadi family, founders of the Arab Jordan Investment Bank, taking a 92% shareholding in the club.
As part of the deal,
Wael al-Qadi
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became President of the club while former
Swansea City
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chairman
Steve Hamer took up the same role with Rovers. Existing chairman
Nick Higgs
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Higgs stepped down as Chief Executive o ...
along with board members Barry Bradshaw, Chris Jelf,
Colin Sexstone and Ed Ware all stood down from the board of directors with all expect Sexstone becoming Life Vice Presidents.
March
* –
Swansea City
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forward
Oli McBurnie
Oliver Robert McBurnie (born 4 June 1996) is a professional footballer who plays as a striker for club Sheffield United and the Scotland national team.
After playing youth football for Leeds United, McBurnie began his career with Bradford Ci ...
joined Rovers on loan until the end of the season.
April
* – Rovers manager
Darrell Clarke
Darrell James Clarke (born 16 December 1977) is an English professional football manager and former player who played in the English Football League. He is the manager of club Port Vale.
A box-to-box midfielder, Clarke began his career with ...
was awarded League Two Manager of the Month for March. Clarke had led the side to six wins out of seven during the month. Striker
Matty Taylor won League Two Player of the Month for March. Taylor scored eight goals in the month's seven games including a
hat-trick
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Origin
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against
Hartlepool United
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They were founded in 1908 as Hartle ...
.
* –
Lee Brown Lee Brown may refer to:
*Lee Brown (footballer) (born 1990), English footballer, for Portsmouth FC
* Lee P. Brown (born 1937), police department chief and mayor of Houston
* Lee Bradley Brown (1971–2011), British tourist allegedly beaten to death ...
signed a contract extension at Rovers which will take him into a sixth season at the club.
* –
Wales under-21 international
Tom Lockyer
Thomas Alun Lockyer (born 3 December 1994) is a Welsh professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for club Luton Town and the Wales national team.
Club career Bristol Rovers
Lockyer was born and raised in Cardiff. He joined Cardiff ...
extended his contract with Rovers. DriBuild were confirmed as next season's home shirt sponsors with Powersystems UK sponsoring the away shirt.
May
* – On the final day of the season, Rovers beat
Dagenham & Redbridge
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2–1 to secure promotion to
League One
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.
First team
Transfers
In
Loans in
Out
Loans out
Squad statistics
Appearances, goals and cards
Goal scorers
Penalties
Disciplinary record
Competitions
Summary
Note: Games which are level after extra-time and are decided by a penalty shoot-out are listed as draws. Bristol Rovers score listed first where applicable.
Overall
League Two
League table
Results summary
Results by round
Scores overview
Bristol Rovers score given first.
Matches
Pre-season friendlies
On 26 May 2015, Rovers announced their initial pre-season fixtures against
Salisbury
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Salisbury is in the southeast of Wil ...
,
Cirencester Town
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History
The club was establ ...
,
Arsenal U21s and
Reading
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in addition to a
testimonial
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fixture against
West Bromwich Albion
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for long serving, retiring
physiotherapist
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and former player
Phil Kite
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Playing career
Born in Bristol, England, K ...
. Further friendlies against
Cheltenham Town
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,
Mangotsfield United and
Sutton United
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were later added, all away from home.
League Two
On 17 June 2015, the
Football League
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revealed the fixtures for the forthcoming season. Rovers' first fixture was against
Northampton Town
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Founded in 1897, the club competed in the Midland ...
at the
Memorial Stadium followed, a week later by a trip to
Huish Park
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to face
Yeovil Town Yeovil Town may refer to:
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. The traditional
Boxing Day
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fixture saw Rovers' travel to
AFC Wimbledon
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while the final game of the season saw
Dagenham & Redbridge
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visit the Mem.
August
September
October
November
December
January
February
March
April
May
FA Cup
On 26 October 2015, the first round draw was made. Rovers were drawn at home to
Southern League Premier side
Chesham United
Chesham United Football Club is a semi-professional football club in Chesham, Buckinghamshire, England. Nicknamed "the Generals", they are currently members of the and play at the Meadow.
History
The club was established in 1917 by a merger o ...
whom they lost to 1–0.
Football League Cup
On 16 June 2015, the first round draw was made, Rovers were drawn at home against
Championship
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Championship systems
Various forms of competition can be referred to by the term championship.
Title match system
In this system ...
side
Birmingham City
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, who they lost to 2–1.
Football League Trophy
On 3 August 2015, Rovers were awarded a bye in the first round. On 5 September 2015, Rovers were drawn at home against fellow
League Two
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side
Wycombe Wanderers
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, whom they defeated 2–0. On 10 October 2015, Rovers were drawn away to
League One
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side
Southend United
Southend United Football Club is a professional association football club based in Southend-on-Sea, Essex, England. As of the 2022–23 season, the team competes in the National League, the fifth tier of English football. Southend are known as ...
in the quarter-final
and were defeated 1–0.
Gloucestershire Senior Cup
Rovers' entered in the first round of the
Gloucestershire Senior Cup
The Senior Challenge Cup is the current county cup in the county of Gloucestershire. It is administered by the Gloucestershire County Football Association (GCFA). According to the current rules of the competition, it is open to all clubs whose f ...
where they faced holders
Cirencester Town
Cirencester Town Football Club is a football club based in Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England. Affiliated to the Gloucestershire County FA, the club are currently members of the and play at the Corinium Stadium.
History
The club was establ ...
, whom they defeated 5–2. They then met
Mangotsfield United in the quarter-final, winning 4–1. Their semi-final was against
Forest Green Rovers
Forest Green Rovers Football Club are a professional football club based in Nailsworth, Gloucestershire, England. The team compete in , the third tier of the English football league system, and have played their home games at The New Lawn since ...
whom they lost to 4–3. Rovers generally fielded a team of non-regular first-team and youth squad players in the competition.
See also
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2015–16 in English football
The 2015–16 season was the 136th season of competitive association football in England.
Promotion and relegation
Pre-season
New clubs
* Hereford F.C., a new club formed and owned by fans of defunct Hereford United F.C. were accepted ...
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2015–16 Football League Two
The 2015–16 Football League Two (referred to as the Sky Bet League Two for sponsorship reasons) was the 12th season of the Football League Two under its current title and the 24th season under its current league division format. The season began ...
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List of Bristol Rovers F.C. seasons
References
External links
Bristol Rovers F.C.Bristol PostBBC SportSky Sports* Soccerbase
Resultshttp://www.soccerbase.com/teams/team.sd?team_id=388&teamTabs=stats Stat
Transfers
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Bristol Rovers
Bristol Rovers Football Club are a professional football club in Bristol, England. They compete in League One, the third tier of the English football league system.
They play home matches at the Memorial Stadium in Horfield, they have been c ...
Bristol Rovers F.C. seasons